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Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan – live coverage Berlin market attack suspect killed in Milan – live coverage
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10.53am GMT
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There is a report that Amri used the same gun in last night’s shoot out as was used to kill the Polish lorry driver, who was the first victim of the Berlin attack.
SKYTG in Italy is reporting that the weapon in the shootout was the same that killed the Polish lorry driver who was Monday's 1st victim
10.49am GMT
10:49
Amri travelled to Italy via France, according to Italian authorities.
What we know about Amri's route so far, according to Milan terror chief: Chambéry, France –> Turin –> Milan, arrival at 1am last night
10.42am GMT
10:42
Kate Connolly
At the German government’s daily press conference the ministerial officials are coming under huge pressure to explain why Anis Amri was able to move freely in Germany and plan his attack under the nose of authorities, particularly following the emergence of the footage showing that he was monitored entering an Isis (Islamic State)-associated mosque in Berlin on 14 and 15 December and again leaving it seven hours after the attack.
The officials are very defensive, and have several times answered journalists that they cannot answer many of the questions, and that it would be disrespectful to speculate while many of the victims of the attack have not even yet been buried.
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A German interior ministry official says:
We have to ask ourselves ‘can we not improve the [security] measures?’
Another official says they cannot confirm the death of Amri “because that is up to the Italian authorities”.
10.35am GMT
10:35
A press conference in Berlin has begun.
The German interior ministry seem to be seeing they do not have final confirmation that it is Amri.
But this appears to be merely caution in the light of the fact that the operation and identification of the man killed was carried out by the Italians and not their own personnel.
10.30am GMT
10:30
A reporter from Germany’s public international broadcaster, Deutsche Welle, has spoken to Amri’s brother.
#Amri 's brother via phone on his death: "We are shocked and the whole family is in a bad situation. No comment".
10.28am GMT
10:28
A government press conference is imminent in Germany, according to Sky News.
10.26am GMT
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This pictures shows the scene of the incident in which Amri was shot dead.
10.23am GMT
10:23
One important detail from the press conference which contradicted the reports was the interior minister said Amri was on foot, whereas Italian media had said he was in a car at the time of the confrontation.
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We have let the German federal prosecutor’s office know. We have told their police force and authorities.We have let the German federal prosecutor’s office know. We have told their police force and authorities.
These people in our police force are exceptional.These people in our police force are exceptional.
The officers did an “extraordinary service” and when he says everyone will want to thank them there is applause from those in the room.The officers did an “extraordinary service” and when he says everyone will want to thank them there is applause from those in the room.
And that concludes the press conference.And that concludes the press conference.
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Interior minister Minniti says he has thanked the officer who was shot, Christian Movio, on behalf of the entire ministry and entire Italian police force.Interior minister Minniti says he has thanked the officer who was shot, Christian Movio, on behalf of the entire ministry and entire Italian police force.
And I said Happy Christmas.And I said Happy Christmas.
He says Italy should be “very proud” of its security.He says Italy should be “very proud” of its security.
He was the most wanted man in Europe and we immediately identified him and neutralised him. This means our security is working really well.He was the most wanted man in Europe and we immediately identified him and neutralised him. This means our security is working really well.
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Anis Amri confirmed killed.Anis Amri confirmed killed.
The person who was killed, there is no doubt that he is Anis Amri.The person who was killed, there is no doubt that he is Anis Amri.
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The police officer immediately reacted, luckily he wasn’t shot fatally and is in hospital recovering. The other officers reacted and the person who attacked our police officer was killed.The police officer immediately reacted, luckily he wasn’t shot fatally and is in hospital recovering. The other officers reacted and the person who attacked our police officer was killed.
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Last night at 3am in Milan, during a normal patrol one of our officers stopped a person who looked very suspect.Last night at 3am in Milan, during a normal patrol one of our officers stopped a person who looked very suspect.
The man without hesitating took his gun and he shot at the police officer who asked him for his ID papers.The man without hesitating took his gun and he shot at the police officer who asked him for his ID papers.
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10.06am GMT
10:06
Interior minister Marco Minniti is about to start speaking at the news conference where he will possibly confirm that the Berlin Christmas market attacker has been shot dead.
10.02am GMT
10:02
Reuters is reporting that fingerprints have identified the man killed in Berlin as Anis Amri, citing a police source. But we still await official confirmation from police or the interior minister.
10.00am GMT
10:00
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Bettina Gabbe, reporter with the German TV station N24 says that fingerprints have been taken of the dead man in Milan, in order to compare them with German police records and check it’s the right man. She said authorities there told her it would not take long to establish if there was a match.
9.58am GMT
09:58
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Spiegel Online reports that the man killed in Milan shouted “Allahu Akbar” when police in the north of the city asked for him to show his id. He then shot at the two policeman. They returned fire, hitting Amri fatally. Germany’s state prosecutor in Karlsruhe is neither confirming nor denying the reports at present. A spokesman there has said that they are in close contact with the Italian authorities.
9.51am GMT
09:51
The German federal public prosecutor’s office’s spokesman has said that German authorities are in close contact with Italian colleagues, Sky News says.
9.49am GMT
09:49
Italian news agency Ansa is also reporting that a man killed in Milan is the Berlin Christmas market suspect. It says he was shot after he pulled out a gun during a “routine road check” in front of in piazza primo maggio, in front of Sesto San Giovanni station.
9.43am GMT
09:43
Stephanie Kirchgaessner
Anis Amri, the suspect behind Monday night’s terror attack in Berlin, has been killed in a police shootout in Milan, according to an unconfirmed report by Panorama, an Italian news magazine. Panorama claimed in an exclusive report this morning that Amri was killed in a routine traffic stop at 3am today in the Piazza I Maggio in the Sesto San Giovanni neighborhood. The report was not immediately confirmed by the Italian government or any law enforcement officials.
Panorama reported that Amri pulled out a gun and began shooting at the officers. It said that an officer who had been on the job for nine months then killed the suspect. The officer was shot in the shoulder but is alive. Italy’s top law enforcement official, the interior minister, Marco Minniti, is due to address the press at 10:45 am (9.45am GMT). Amri was believed to have spent several years in Italy before he traveled to Germany.T here were separately reports of a shootout in Milan in several Italian newspapers.
9.38am GMT
09:38
Amri has previous links with Italy. He arrived there in 2011, along with tens of thousands of other Tunisians men who fled by boat during the Arab spring.
He spent three and a half years in six different prisons on Sicily for starting a fire at a refugee centre and making threats, among other charges.
Two of Amri’s brothers, Walid and Abdelkader, have said they believe he may have been radicalised by radical Islamists while behind bars in Italy.
Italian authorities said Amri had been a problematic inmate. The justice ministry said he had repeatedly been admonished and transferred among Sicilian prisons for bad conduct. Prison records say he bullied inmates and tried to spark insurrections.
But Italy apparently recorded no signs that Amri was becoming radicalised.
9.32am GMT
09:32
The Italian interior minister is to hold a press conference at 10.45am (9.45am GMT), the interior ministry has said.
9.28am GMT
09:28
Anis Amri, the man suspected of killing 12 people by driving a truck into a Christmas market in Berlin, has reportedly been killed in Italy, according to Italian news magazine Panorama. Reuters have also reported that Amri was killed in a shootout, citing unnamed security sources.
More details soon …
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